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	Regarding "politics without principle", Gandhi said{{citation needed\|date=December 2011}} having politics without truth(s) to justly dictate the action creates chaos, which ultimately leads to violence. Gandhi called these missteps "passive violence", ‘which fuels the active violence of crime, rebellion, and war.’ He said, "We could work 'til doomsday to achieve peace and would get nowhere as long as we ignore passive violence in our world."<ref>{{cite web\|last=Meadows\|first=Donella\|title=Gandhi's Seven Blunders -- and then Some\|url=http://www.sustainer.org/dhm_archive/index.php?display_article=vn552blundersed\|work=The Donella Meadows Archive\|access-date=27 June 2011\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704034811/http://www.sustainer.org/dhm_archive/index.php?display_article=vn552blundersed\|archive-date=4 July 2011}}</ref>		Regarding "politics without principle", Gandhi said{{citation needed\|date=December 2011}} having politics without truth(s) to justly dictate the action creates chaos, which ultimately leads to violence. Gandhi called these missteps "passive violence", ‘which fuels the active violence of crime, rebellion, and war.’ He said, "We could work 'til doomsday to achieve peace and would get nowhere as long as we ignore passive violence in our world."<ref>{{cite web\|last=Meadows\|first=Donella\|title=Gandhi's Seven Blunders -- and then Some\|url=http://www.sustainer.org/dhm_archive/index.php?display_article=vn552blundersed\|work=The Donella Meadows Archive\|access-date=27 June 2011\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704034811/http://www.sustainer.org/dhm_archive/index.php?display_article=vn552blundersed\|archive-date=4 July 2011}}</ref>

	[[Politics]] is literally defined as, "The struggle in any group for power that will give one or more persons the ability to make decisions for the larger group."<ref>{{cite book\|last=O'Neil\|first=Patrick H.\|title=Essentials of Comparative Politics\|url=https://archive.org/details/casescomparative00onei\|url-access=limited\|year=2009\|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company\|location=New York\|page=[https://archive.org/details/casescomparative00onei/page/n345 323]}}</ref>		[[Politics]] is literally defined as, "The struggle in any group for power that will give one or more persons the ability to make decisions for the larger group."<ref>{{cite book\|last=O'Neil\|first=Patrick H.\|title=Essentials of Comparative Politics\|url=https://archive.org/details/casescomparative00onei\|url-access=limited\|year=2009\|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company\|location=New York\|page=[https://archive.org/details/casescomparative00onei/page/n345 323]\|isbn=9780393933772}}</ref>

	Mohandas Gandhi defined [[principle]] as, "the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practice perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice."<ref>{{cite web\|last=Gandhi\|first=Mohandas\|title=Inspired Words by Mohandas Gandhi\|url=https://wisdomquotes.com/gandhi-quotes/\|website=Wisdom Quotes}}</ref>		Mohandas Gandhi defined [[principle]] as, "the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practice perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice."<ref>{{cite web\|last=Gandhi\|first=Mohandas\|title=Inspired Words by Mohandas Gandhi\|url=https://wisdomquotes.com/gandhi-quotes/\|website=Wisdom Quotes\|date=14 September 2018}}</ref>

	There are many different types of regimes in the world whose politics differ. Based on Gandhi’s Blunder '''Politics without Principle''', a [[regime]] type might be more of a root of violence than another because one regime has more '''principle''' than the other. Regimes have different types of fighting and aggression tactics, each desiring different outcomes.		There are many different types of regimes in the world whose politics differ. Based on Gandhi’s Blunder '''Politics without Principle''', a [[regime]] type might be more of a root of violence than another because one regime has more '''principle''' than the other. Regimes have different types of fighting and aggression tactics, each desiring different outcomes.

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'''Seven Social Sins''' is a list that [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] published in his weekly newspaper ''[[Young India]]'' on October 22, 1925.<ref name=yi1925_10_22/> Later he gave this same list to his grandson, [[Arun Gandhi]], written on a piece of paper on their final day together shortly before his assassination.<ref>[http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/LF/Win96/win96L9.html Gandhi's "Seven Blunders of the World" That Lead to Violence . . . Plus 5] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060915235118/http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/LF/Win96/win96L9.html |date=September 15, 2006 }}</ref> The Seven Sins are:

# [[Wealth]] without [[Manual labour|work]].
# [[Pleasure]] without [[conscience]].
# [[Knowledge]] without [[moral character|character]].
# [[Commerce]] without [[morality]].
# [[Science]] without [[Humanity (virtue)|humanity]].
# [[Religion]] without [[sacrifice]].
# [[Politics]] without [[principle]].

== History and influence ==
[[File:MKGandhi.jpg|thumb|right|[[Mohandas Gandhi]] published his list of "Seven Social Sins" in 1925. (1940s photo)]]
The list was published by [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] in his weekly newspaper ''[[Young India]]'' on October 22, 1925.<ref name=yi1925_10_22>''The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi'' (electronic edition), Vol. 33, pp. 133-134. {{ISBN|8123007353}}, {{ISBN|9788123007359}} {{OCLC|655798065}}</ref> An almost identical list had been published six months earlier in England in a sermon at Westminster Abbey by Fredrick Lewis Donaldson.<ref name="What are the Seven Social Sins?">[http://images.gr-assets.com/quotes/1435957881p8/32234.jpg]</ref>
Gandhi wrote that a correspondent whom he called a "fair friend" had sent the list: "The... fair friend wants readers of ''Young India'' to know, if they do not already, the following seven social sins,"<ref name=yi1925_10_22/> (the list was then provided). After the list, Gandhi wrote that "Naturally, the friend does not want the readers to know these things merely through the intellect but to know them through the heart so as to avoid them."<ref name=yi1925_10_22/> This was the entirety of Gandhi's commentary on the list when he first published it.

In the decades since its first publication, the list has been widely cited and discussed. Some books have also focused on the seven sins or been structured around them:

* Eknath Easwaran (1989). ''The Compassionate Universe: The Power of the Individual to Heal the Environment'' (listed, discussed, and served as chapter structure for book)<ref>{{cite book |title=The Compassionate Universe: The Power of the Individual to Heal the Environment
|last=Easwaran |first=Eknath |author-link=Eknath Easwaran |year=1989
|location=Tomales, CA |publisher=Nilgiri Press
|isbn=9780915132591 |oclc=20393226 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fn2gRATUEEEC}} {{ISBN|0915132591}}, {{ISBN|9780915132584}}, {{ISBN|0915132583}}</ref>

* [[Stephen Covey]](1989). ''Principle-Centered Leadership'' ( Chapter 7: Seven Deadly Sins (p. 87 to 93).<ref>{{cite web | title = Seven Deadly Sins as per Mahatma Gandhi| url = http://www.mkgandhi.org/mgmnt.htm|publisher=mkgandhi.org | access-date = 2014-04-19 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Covey|first=Stephen R.|author-link=Stephen Covey|title=Principle-Centered Leadership|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=goRg0jK_hEAC|pages=87–93|year= 2009|publisher=RosettaBooks|isbn=978-0-7953-0959-5}}</ref>
* Frank Woolever (2011) ''Gandhi List of Social Sins: Lessons in Truth''<ref>{{cite book |title=Gandhi's List of Social Sins: Lessons in Truth
|last=Woolever |first=Frank |year= 2011
|location=Pittsburgh, PA |publisher=Dorrance Publishing
|isbn=9781434907943 |oclc=801817588
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uTAhE4lxo-MC}} {{ISBN|1434907945}} (focuses on the list)</ref>

Many books have discussed the sins more briefly:

* Peter J. Gomes (2007). ''The scandalous gospel of Jesus: What's so good about the good news?''<ref>{{cite book |title=The scandalous gospel of Jesus: What's so good about the good news?
|last=Gomes |first=Peter J. |author-link=Peter J. Gomes |year=2007
|location=New York |publisher=HarperOne |isbn=9780060000738 |oclc=125402376
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nXaZ5_Li_mkC&q=%22social+sins%22+gandhi&pg=PA122}}</ref> Page 122 states "Years ago, I was much encouraged when I discovered that Gandhi had a list of seven social sins that, if not resisted, could destroy both persons and countries. .... We live in a world in which these social sins flourish as much today as they did in Gandhi's time; surely the battle against them is still worth waging."

* Adam Taylor (2010). ''Mobilizing hope: Faith-inspired activism for a post-civil rights generation''<ref>{{cite book
|title=Mobilizing hope: Faith-inspired activism for a post-civil rights generation
|last=Taylor |first=Adam |year=2010
|location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=IVP Books |isbn=9780830838370
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YiUtaxVLRjEC&q=%22social+sins%22+gandhi&pg=PA155}}</ref> Page  155 mentions two of the social sins, stating "The recent economic collapse (now referred to as the Great Recession) reminds me of two social sins from Gandhi's famous list of seven deadly social sins. Gandhi warned about the dangers of wealth without work and commerce without morality...."

* Thomas Weber (2011). "Gandhi's Moral Economics: the Sins of Wealth Without Work and Commerce Without Morality."<ref>In: {{cite book
|title=The Cambridge Companion to Gandhi
|last=Brown |first=Judith M. |author-link=Judith M. Brown |author2=Anthony Parel |author2-link=Anthony Parel |year=2011
|location=Cambridge, UK |publisher=Cambridge University Press
|isbn=9780521116701 |oclc=646309046 |pages=135–153 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KLM8kMZZu-IC&q=%22social+sins%22+gandhi&pg=PA141}}</ref> Page 141 lists the sins and their date of publication, stating that "These and many of Gandhi's own writings make it quite clear that the Mahatma did not compartmentalize his life. For him, economics together with politics, morality and religion formed an indivisible whole."

* Rana P. B. Singh (2006). "Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi."<ref>In: {{cite book |title=Fifty key thinkers on development
|last=Simon |first=David (Ed.) |author-link=David Simon |year=2006
|location=London |publisher=Routledge
|isbn=9780203098820 |oclc=68710779 |pages=106–110
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-NZSSQRQ0C0C&q=%22social+sins%22+gandhi&pg=PA107}}</ref> Page  107 lists the sins and gives a 2 or 3 sentence explanation of each, stating "these are ideals, but they are more relevant in the present era of desperation and could easily be accepted."

They have also been anthologized:

* Anil Dutt Misra (2008). ''Inspiring Thoughts Of Mahatma Gandhi'' <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iulRVDAsox8C&pg=PT187&dq=%22social+sins%22+gandhi&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5JnvUIXLIqP3igLk_YDICQ&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg ''Inspiring Thoughts Of Mahatma Gandhi''] Concept Publishing Co. {{ISBN|9788180694417}} (listed, p. 239)</ref>

== Politics without principle ==
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Regarding "politics without principle", Gandhi said{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} having politics without truth(s) to justly dictate the action creates chaos, which ultimately leads to violence. Gandhi called these missteps "passive violence", ‘which fuels the active violence of crime, rebellion, and war.’ He said, "We could work 'til doomsday to achieve peace and would get nowhere as long as we ignore passive violence in our world."<ref>{{cite web|last=Meadows|first=Donella|title=Gandhi's Seven Blunders -- and then Some|url=http://www.sustainer.org/dhm_archive/index.php?display_article=vn552blundersed|work=The Donella Meadows Archive|access-date=27 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704034811/http://www.sustainer.org/dhm_archive/index.php?display_article=vn552blundersed|archive-date=4 July 2011}}</ref>

[[Politics]] is literally defined as, "The struggle in any group for power that will give one or more persons the ability to make decisions for the larger group."<ref>{{cite book|last=O'Neil|first=Patrick H.|title=Essentials of Comparative Politics|url=https://archive.org/details/casescomparative00onei|url-access=limited|year=2009|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/casescomparative00onei/page/n345 323]}}</ref>

Mohandas Gandhi defined [[principle]] as, "the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practice perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice."<ref>{{cite web|last=Gandhi|first=Mohandas|title=Inspired Words by Mohandas Gandhi|url=https://wisdomquotes.com/gandhi-quotes/|website=Wisdom Quotes}}</ref>

There are many different types of regimes in the world whose politics differ. Based on Gandhi’s Blunder '''Politics without Principle''', a [[regime]] type might be more of a root of violence than another because one regime has more '''principle''' than the other. Regimes have different types of fighting and aggression tactics, each desiring different outcomes.

This difference affects the actions taken by political heads in countries across the globe. Gandhi wrote, "An unjust law is itself a species of violence."<ref>{{cite web|last=Gandhi|first=Mohandas|title=Quote - An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so...|url=https://wisdomquotes.com/gandhi-quotes/|access-date=27 June 2011|work=Wisdom Quotes}}</ref> The aggression of one country on another may be rooted in the government's creation of an unjust law. For example, a war of [[irredentism]] fought for one state to reclaim territory that was lost due to a law promoting [[ethnic cleansing]].{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

Principle in one country could easily be a crime in another. This difference leads one to believe that the root of violence is inevitably present somewhere in the world. “Politics without Principle” will inevitably take place throughout time.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}

: "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."<ref>{{cite web|last=Gandhi|first=Mohandas|url=http://thinkexist.com/quotation/i_object_to_violence_because_when_it_appears_to/14281.html|access-date=30 June 2011|title=Mahatma Gandhi quotes}}</ref>

This list grew from Gandhi's search for the roots of violence. He called these "acts of passive violence". Preventing these is the best way to prevent oneself or one's society from reaching a point of violence, according to Gandhi.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}

To this list, Arun Gandhi added an eighth blunder, "rights without responsibilities".<ref name="Arun Gandhi's article">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050308215331/http://www.gandhiinstitute.org/Library/LibraryItem.cfm?LibraryID=780 Arun Gandhi's article]</ref> According to Arun Gandhi, the idea behind the first blunder originates from the feudal practice of [[Zamindari]]. He also suggests that the first and the second blunders are interrelated.

=== Arun Gandhi description as "Seven Blunders" ===

[[File:Arun Gandhi at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial 4 April 2012 crop.jpg|thumb|right|[[Arun Manilal Gandhi|Arun Gandhi]], who was personally given the list by his grandfather, Mohandas Gandhi, has described it as a list of "Seven Blunders of the World" that lead to violence.]]
More recently Mohandas Gandhi's list of negative qualities has also been described by his grandson as "Seven Blunders of the World". Examples of description under this heading include:
*{{cite news |author=Brad Knickerbocker |date=February 1, 1995
|title=Gandhi grandson pursues peace [http://www.csmonitor.com/1995/0201/01141.html main] [http://www.csmonitor.com/1995/0201/01142.html sidebar]
|newspaper=[[Christian Science Monitor]] |pages=14
|issn=0882-7729 }} (profile of [[Arun Manilal Gandhi|Arun Gandhi]] that gives a list entitled "Mohandas Gandhi's 'Seven Blunders of the World,'" and states that "The last time Arun saw his grandfather, the old man slipped the boy a piece of paper with a list of what have come to be known as Gandhi's 'Seven Blunders of the World' that lead to violence." It also states that Arun Gandhi "would make 'Rights without responsibilities' No. 8 on his grandfather's list of 'blunders.'")

*{{cite journal |author=Steven W. Gilbert |year=1996
|title=Making the most of a slow revolution
|journal=Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=10–23
|publisher=Taylor & Francis
|jstor= 40177995 |doi= 10.1080/00091383.1996.9937745|issn= 0009-1383 |oclc=10647084}} (p. 15, gives the list entitled "Gandhi's 'Seven Blunders of the World' that Lead to Violence," plus "8. Rights without responsibilities" credited to [[Arun Manilal Gandhi|Arun Gandhi]].)
*[[Angeles Arrien]] (2001). "Introduction." In: {{cite book
|title=Working together : Diversity as opportunity
|last=Arrien |first=Angeles |author-link=Angeles Arrien |year=2001
|location=San Francisco |publisher=Berrett-Koehler Publishers
|isbn=1576751562 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/workingtogetherd00arri/page/1 1]–11
|url=https://archive.org/details/workingtogetherd00arri|url-access=registration
|quote=Seven Blunders of the world.
}} (the list was entitled "Seven Blunders of the World" and described as having been given to Arun Gandhi by his grandfather)

== See also ==

* [[Seven deadly sins]]
* [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]]
* [[Wonders of the World]]
* [[Samyama]]
* [[Sattva]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050308215331/http://www.gandhiinstitute.org/Library/LibraryItem.cfm?LibraryID=780 Blunders of the World], M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence (link broken)
* [http://arungandhi.net/the-seven-blunders-of-the-world/ The Seven Blunders Of The World, Arun Gandhi], arungandhi.net

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